Biography, Autobiography & Life Writing
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From ![]() Demands of DutyFrom: The Wheel of Things |
Mollie Gillen | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add | |
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From ![]() Yellow Boots on Queer WestFrom: Any Other Way |
With a pair of yellow rubber boots and a GPS watch, John Greyscon recounts the drawing of an unconventional portrait. | John Greyson | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From ![]() Guess What…That Hand on Your Shoulder Could Be a Cop’s: The Body Politic’s Clip-and-Save Guide to Arrest and TrialFrom: Any Other Way |
A bullet pointed list published by the body politic advising how to deal with being arrested and charged. | The Body Politic | 1 | 2017 | $0.10 Add |
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From ![]() DestinyFrom: The Teen Sex Trade |
The author outlines the start of her relationship with a young black man when she was a teen. | Jade M. Brooks | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Dieppe, August 19, 1942: The Story of John ArsenaultChapter Six From: Bombs and Barbed Wire |
Chapter Six focuses on the story of John Arsenault, from Adamsville, New Brunswick, describing his time with the Royal Canadian Engineers in the 7th Field Company, the failed storming of Dieppe, … | Ronald Cormier | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() Digging Holes |
Marilyn Lerch recounts the story of Joe. The story discusses dropping out of high school, helplessness, shame, abuse, self-doubt, and his journey to receiving his GED (General Educational Development). | Marilyn Lerch | 5 | 2009 | $0.50 Add |
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From ![]() Digging OutStuart Hodgson and the Birth of the Modern Arctic From: Umingmak |
Readings in Part Two of this title entitled "Reaching All Northerners" discusses Stuard Hodgson’s first months in the Northwest Territories. Topics discussed include his grand … | Jake Ootes | 9 | 2020 | $0.90 Add |
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From ![]() Dignity and EqualityFrom: "At the Barricades" |
Involvement of the CCLA in threats to dignity and equality. | Alan Borovoy | 47 | 2014 | $4.70 Add |
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From ![]() DisabilityA Fairy Tale From: Disfigured |
Chapter 2 focuses on concepts of disability through time, discussing topics including the social model of disability and the medical model of disability, disability as something to be cured, … | Amanda Leduc | 28 | 2020 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Disclosure |
In this chapter, Birch explores the many meaning of "disclosure" among gay men. | Robert Birch | 8 | 2021 | $0.80 Add |
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From ![]() Discovering a Political LifeFrom: How We Changed Toronto |
Sewell recounts what brought him to getting involved in city politics and brings us right to his election as junior alderman in 1967 | John Sewell | 25 | 2015 | $2.50 Add |
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From ![]() Discovering DementiaFrom: Pilgrim Souls |
In depth look at their discovery that Pat had dementia, the long process it took to be diagnosed, statistics about Alzheimer’s, defines dementia, the theft of memory, stages of dementia. | Jim Lotz | 35 | 2013 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() Black Friday…With and Without the Question MarkFrom: Any Other Way |
Alec Butler discusses the significance of her play Black Friday and the role queer representation plays in theatre. | Alec Butler | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
![]() DisfiguredOn Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space |
A CBC BOOKS BEST NONFICTION OF 2020, AN ENTROPY MAGAZINE BEST NONFICTION 2020/21, AND A NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY BOOK OF THE DAY (07/23/2022) Fairy tales shape how we see the world, so what … | 257 | View | ||
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From ![]() NEW! DisplacedFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 5 explores Wanda’s experiences during the ensuing chaos at the end of the war in Germany from a forced labourer’s perspective. The chapter discusses topics including the abuse … | Marsha Faubert | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() Dissension in the NavyFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines the opponents of Jack Fisher from 1902-1909 with close attention paid to the relationship between Fisher and Lord Charles Beresford. | Barry Gough | 33 | 2017 | $3.30 Add |
















